About This Role
This role involves safely transporting heavy equipment, raw materials, goods, hazardous materials, and waste to and from job sites. The driver is responsible for securing all loads according to TxDot regulations and inspecting them for damage before and after transport. The position suits a CDL Driver knowledgeable in concrete finishing and formwork, who is a positive and hardworking team player.
Responsibilities
- Drive vehicles or mechanized equipment and transport heavy equipment between job sites or yards
- Follow all OSHA and TxDOT regulations
- Inspect equipment, loads, and materials to identify any errors, problems, or defects before and after transport to ensure quality
- Observe and receive information while driving and follow safety regulations
- Monitor and review information from materials, events, or the environment to detect or assess problems while driving
- Check all load-related documentation for completeness and accuracy
- Inspect loads to ensure that cargo is secure
- Maintain constant communication with Superintendents to ensure timely pickup and delivery of equipment
- Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order
- Crank trailer landing gear up or down to safely secure vehicles
- Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered equipment
- Assist Labor Crews with manual labor as needed and necessary for the completion of the project
Requirements
- Knowledge of principles and methods for transporting heavy equipment from site to site
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process
- Prior experience in a construction environment
- Current CDL/Hazmat, medical card, and experience working around heavy equipment
- Positive attitude, team player, and strongly committed to safety
- Meet 90% language DOT requirement
- Able to bend, stoop, climb repeatedly throughout the day
- Able to sit, walk, stand for long periods of time
- Able to drive on rough, rocky, or uneven surfaces at construction sites
- Able to perform heavy labor tasks as necessary
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